KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 — National mixed doubles pair Chen Tang Jie – Toh Ee Wei opened their Badminton Asia Championships (BAC) 2023 in style after defeating South Korean pair Kim Won Ho – Jeung Na Eun, late last night.
In the match at the Rashid bin Hamdan Indoor Hall of the Al Nasr Club in Dubai, Chen – Toh scored a straight-set win 21 – 14 and 21 – 13 against the seventh-seeded pair in just 34 minutes to advance to the second.
In the second round, Chen – Toh, who just clinched the Orleans Masters title on April 9, will play against Indonesians Praveen Jordan – Melati Daeva Oktavianti, who beat the Japanese pair Kyohei Yamashita – Naru Shinoya 21 – 17 and 21 – 16.
Another national mixed doubles pair, Goh Soon Huat – Shevon Jemie Lai, on the other hand, had a rough start and were forced to play in the rubber set against unseeded Taiwanese pair Ye Hong Wei – Lee Chia Hsin after losing 15 – 21 in the first set.
Goh – Jemie, however, managed to step up their game to win 22 – 20 and 21 – 15 and marched to the second round to meet the Chinese pair Cheng Xing – Chen Fang Hui who defeated Hong Kong pair Lee Chun Hei Reginald – Ng Tsz Yau 18 – 21, 21 – 19 and 21 – 19.
Meanwhile, another national mixed doubles pair, Tan Kian Meng – Lai Pei Jing, were shown the exit after losing 17 – 21 and 13 – 21 to their Chinese contenders Jiang Zhen Bang – Wei Ya Xin.
— Bernama
